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I Built a Tiny Browser Tool for Opening Apple iWork Files Without a Mac

I kept running into a small but annoying file problem.

Someone would send me an Apple Pages, Numbers, or Keynote file, but I was not always on a Mac.

If you are using Windows, Android, Linux, or a shared device, opening an iWork file can become more complicated than it should be.

So I built iWorkViewer.

It is a lightweight browser-based viewer for Apple iWork files:

  • Pages files
  • Numbers files
  • Keynote files

The goal is not to build a huge document suite. The goal is to remove the first painful step: just let me open and read the file.

Product Hunt launch is scheduled for July 21, 2026.

Tool: https://iworkviewer.com/?ref=devto

Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/iworkviewer?launch=iworkviewer

Pre-launch discussion: https://www.producthunt.com/p/iworkviewer/what-is-the-most-annoying-part-of-opening-apple-iwork-files-without-a-mac

I would love feedback from anyone who has dealt with Apple-only file formats on non-Apple devices.

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